Eventually the sun came out after a wet miserable morning and it was off for my walk around the meadows and hedgerows at the back of Wakeham Here.
My outbound walk didn't reveal too much as the sun had literally just come out, but as my walk evolved so more and more insects started to appear.
Main highlights were two new insects for me a Potter Wasp (Odynerus melanocephalus) and a Hoverfly (Epistrophe grossulariae), a Tachinids Fly (Thelaira nigripes) and a Large Rose Sawfly (Arge pagana)
Here are a few images from my walk:
From the main gate at Wakeham in the far distance you come to this........
...........gate here. You can either go through it or walk along the fence line to the meadow on the right of the fence.
Today I went through the gate and as I did so a juvenile Dunnock landed on a post close to me.
If you go through gate there is this meadow here...........
A Meadow Brown. Its not often you see them with their wings open.
A Speckled Wood.
A Garden Grass-veneer
Myelois circumvoluta, Thistle Ermine
Hoverfly, Syrphus sp.
This is a male Epistrophe grossulariae hoverfly and another new one for me on Portland.
The Footballer, Helophilus pendulus
From left to right - Marmalade Hoverfly, Large Rose Sawfly and Swollen-thighed Beetle
A closer view of the Large Rose Sawfly
White-tailed Bumble Bee, Bombus lucorum
An Ichneumon Wasp sp.
A Common Green Shieldbug
Swollen-thighed Beetle
This fly is a member of the Tachinidae family of flies and..................
.................is a Thelaira nigripes.
A Flesh Fly, Sarcophaga sp.
And there are still Brown-tail Moth caterpillars around.
Butterflies Recorded: 3 Common Blue, 2 Speckled Wood and 10+ Meadow Brown.
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees, Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum) and Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Wasps Recorded: Potter Wasp (Odynerus melanocephalus)
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: 2 Amblyteles armatorius and an Ichneumon Wasp sp.
Sawflies Recorded: Large Rose Sawfly (Arge pagana)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), 1 Epistrophe grossulariae, 2 Epistrophe diaphana and a Syrphus sp.
Flies Recorded: Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga sp.) and 1 Tachinids Fly (Thelaira nigripes)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea), Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), 1 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) and 1 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus).
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis) and a Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Grasshoppers and Crickets Recorded: Dark Bush-cricket nymphs (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Caterpillars Recorded: Brown-tail Moth